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Commissioners direct staff to review county‑funded trainings and library funding amid budget planning
Summary
Commissioner Stevens asked the Alamance County Board of Commissioners to prohibit county‑paid training unrelated to employees’ job duties and urged staff to research phasing out the county’s roughly $3.5 million contribution to the county library system.
Commissioner Stevens asked the board during commissioner comments that county employees not use county time or county resources for training not directly tied to their job duties, specifically citing training offered by the Alamance County Racial Equity Committee (ACRE). Stevens said the county should prohibit "training other than related to their function" on county time and asked staff to draft employee‑handbook language and budget guidance.
Stevens described multiple 12‑week cohorts run by ACRE and said participants included senior managers who used work hours for sessions that run mornings into the afternoon. "County employees should not be taking…
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